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Igbo
Igbo

Igbo
Igbo



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Countries

Countries

Nigeria
Nigeria

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Nigeria
Nigeria

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Africa

Minority Language

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

Interesting Facts

  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3636
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

88
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2828
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

33
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

52 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

kedụ
kedụ

Thank You

dalụ
dalụ

How Are You?

kedụ ka ịmere
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

ka chi fo
ka chi fo

Good Evening

mgbede ọma
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

ehihie ọma
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

ụtụtụ ọma
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

Biko
Biko

Sorry

Ndo
Ndo

Bye

Kachifo
Kachifo

I Love You

a hụrụ m gị n'anya
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

ngọpụ
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Enuani
Enuani

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Ngwa
Ngwa

Where They Speak

Nigeria
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Not present
Not present

Where They Speak

-
-

How Many People Speak

24.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

2020
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.09 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

24.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

igbo
igbo

Alternative Names

Ibo
Ibo

French Name

igbo
igbo

German Name

Ibo-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[iɡ͡boː]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Igbo people
Igbo people

History

Origin

30th Century BC
30th Century BC

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Kwa
Kwa

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Igbo
Standard Igbo

Language Position

5757
1 120
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Signed Forms

Igbo Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ig
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ibo
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

ibo
ibo

ISO 639 3

ibo
ibo

ISO 639 6

ibo
ibo

Glottocode

nucl1417
nucl1417

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
Agglutinative

Igbo and Igbo Alphabets

Igbo and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Igbo and Igbo. In Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Igbo and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Igbo and Igbo languages. The Igbo phonology consist Igbo vowels and Igbo consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Igbo greetings vs Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Igbo and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

All Igbo and Igbo Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Igbo and Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Igbo and Igbo Speaking population

Igbo and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Igbo and Igbo on Igbo vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Igbo Language Codes

Igbo and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.